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| Record Name(s) | Garbe Lake West Showing - 1984 |
|---|---|
| Related Record Type | Simple |
| Record Status | Discretionary Occurrence |
| Date Created | 2000-Jul-21 |
| Date Last Modified | 2022-Jan-05 |
| Created By | A Wilson |
| Revised By | A Wilson |
Primary Commodities: Gold
Township or Area: Aguonie
Latitude: 48° 12' 12.75" Longitude: -84° 31' 32.87"
UTM Zone: 16 Easting: 683831.02 Northing: 5341883.32 UTM Datum: NAD83
Resident Geologist District: Sault Ste. Marie
NTS Grid: 42C02NE
Point Location Description: Outcrop approximately 500 m west of Garbe Lake
Location Method: Data Compilation
Access Description: Access to the area is via fixed wing aircraft or helicopter from Wawa or Hawk Junction.
1966: Acme Oil and Gas - airborne geophysical survey. 1983-88: International Corona - lake sediment suvey, ground geophysics, sampling, detailed mapping, soil sampling.
| Office File Number | Online Assessment File Identifier | Online Assessment File Directory |
|---|---|---|
| KEATING 0017 | 42C07SW0031 | 42C07SW0031 |
Province: Superior
Subprovince: Wawa
Terrane: Wawa-Abitibi
Belt: Michipicoten
Tectonic Assemblage: Wawa
Geological Age: Neoarchean Geochronological Age: 2750 MA Geochron. Age Ref.: GOO VOL 1
Metamorphism Type: Regional
Metamorphism Grade: Greenschist
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The occurrence lies within the western extension of the Cradle Lake Deformation Zone. This domain is a ductile-brittle zone of subparalel, dextral oblique-slip high-strain zones developed within strongly altered and deformed felsic to intermediate metavolcanic rocks.
| Rock Type | Rank | Composition | Texture | Relationship | Schist-Unsubdivided | 1 | Chloritic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intermediate Tuff | 2 | Tuff | Sheared | Host |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - The showing is reported to lie within sheared intermediate tuff intercalated with felsic tuffs.
| Rank | Mineral Name | Class | Economic Mineral Type | Alteration Mineral Type | Alteration Ranking | Alteration Intensity | Alteration Style |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrite | Economic | Gangue |
Dec 07, 2005 (A Wilson) - A sheared tuff assayed 22 ppb Au across 3 metres. Within this section a siliceous band parallel to the foliation assayed 600 ppb Au across 2 centimetres. a small quartz vein in massive andesite locted immediately west of Garbe Lake assayed 750 ppb Au.
Folio - Aguonie Township, District of Algoma
Publication Number: GDIF172 Scale: Date: 1997
Author: Sault Ste Marie RGO
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Precambrian Geology, Aguonie Township
Publication Number: OFM0217 Scale: 1:15,840 Date: 1993
Author: Sage R.P.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
Map - Goudreau-Lochalsh area, District of Algoma, Ontario
Publication Number: ARM49G Scale: 1:31,680 Date: 1997
Author: Bruce E.L.
Publisher Name: Ontario Dept. of Mines
Mono - Wawa mineral deposits data base
Publication Number: OFR5775 Scale: Date: 1991
Author: Frey E.D., Stewart R.C.
Publisher Name: Ontario Geological Survey
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